NCGE recognizes educators and advocates who have made outstanding contributions to geography education. Awards are given for teaching, research, and service. Award nomination materials are submitted online. Winners are recognized at a special ceremony during NCGE’s annual conference.
Awards Nominations
Nominees and Nominators must be NCGE members at the time of application. NCGE will only accept one nominee per nominator in any award category. NCGE will only accept one nominee per school/institution in any award category. NCGE reserves the right to not make an award in any given year. There may be more than one winner in any category. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Previous award winners are ineligible. Applicants should follow the application direction provided.
Service and Teaching Awards
George J Miller Award for Distinguished Service to Geographic Education
Higher Education Distinguished Teaching Awards
AP Human Geography Distinguished Teaching Award
Outstanding Support for Geography Education Award
Brunn Innovations in Geography Award
K-12 Distinguished Teaching Awards
Research Grant Awards
E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Grants for Research in Geographic Education
Salvatore J. Natoli
Dissertation Award
Congratulations to all of the outstanding 2022 NCGE award winning educators!
